ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226286
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| Date: | Thursday 19 June 1941 |
| Time: | 04:25 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 78 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6560 |
| MSN: | EY- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 90 km northeast of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
Takeoff at 23:03 hrs for an operation to Bremen, Germany.
Last heard on R/T 90 miles west of Texel island, the Netherlands, at 04:05 hrs.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Paul Semrau of the 3./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88C from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z6560
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 July 1940 | N1487 | 78 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Sprakel (Münster) and Gimbte (Greven), Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 2 October 1940 | P4964 | 78 Sqn RAF | 5 | Hessenweg road, Hummelo, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 9 January 1941 | T4203 | 78 Sqn RAF | 5 | Ubbergen, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 30 June 1941 | Z6664 | 78 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea NNW of Ameland, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 3 July 1941 | Z6558 | 78 Sqn RAF | 4 | Itteren, Maastricht, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 8 November 1941 | Z9151 | 78 Sqn RAF | 1 | Rhinow, Brandenburg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jun-2019 20:16 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 17-Jun-2019 20:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2019 02:42 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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